Varaha Purana 69.9: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 9
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
निर्ययुः काञ्चनं पीठमेकां तासां प्रगृह्य वै । सा मां प्रादात् तदा अन्याऽदात् सलिलं करसंस्थितम् ॥ ६९.९ ॥
niryayuḥ kāñcanaṃ pīṭham ekā tāsāṃ pragṛhya vai | sā māṃ prādāt tadā anyā ’dāt salilaṃ karasaṃsthitam || 69.9 ||
พวกนางออกมา แล้วนางหนึ่งยกที่นั่งทองคำขึ้นและมอบแก่ข้าพเจ้า ครั้นแล้วอีกนางหนึ่งก็มอบน้ำซึ่งรองไว้ในฝ่ามือ
Varāha (default narrative framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Hospitality protocol: offer an āsana (seat) and arghya/pādya-like water to honor the guest before further rites/food.
Honoring guests with seat and water brings merit, auspiciousness, and social harmony; withholding such basics is a fault that diminishes puṇya and invites inauspiciousness.
Service rendered with reverence transforms material objects (gold seat, water) into instruments of dharma.
Receive guests with tangible respect—offer a clean seat and water first; let reverence precede conversation and consumption.
Varāha Purāṇa 69.69.6 (ātithya intention); Varāha Purāṇa 69.69.8 (maidens’ emergence enabling service)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif of hospitality: presenting a seat and offering water, which parallels broader South Asian etiquette and ritualized reception practices in classical Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on an interpersonal act of reception and offering.
The verse foregrounds courteous reception of a guest/visitor through respectful offerings (a seat and water), emphasizing social ethics of hospitality rather than doctrinal command.
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